Components in the rear of the enclosure

This topic describes the hardware components in the rear of the enclosure. The rear view of the Storwize® V3500 enclosure is the same whether the enclosure has 12 or 24 drive slots.

Two node canisters and two power supplies are located in each Storwize V3500 enclosure.

Node canisters might have an optional host interface adapter installed.

Figure 1 shows the rear view of an enclosure and identifies the location of the power supply units and node canisters.

Figure 1. Rear view of Storwize V3500 control enclosureImage showing rear of the control enclosure, with node canisters and power supply units identified
  •  1  Node canisters
  •  2  Power supply units
Note: Figure 1 shows the node canisters in their initial configuration, with no host interface adapter options installed.